A few years ago I took some flying to qualify for my CPLA, on a three week course. I was asked in advance to pay up front but I declined because no discount was being offered. On arrival I was immediately asked to report to accounts, who seemed overly interested in rapid payment. I became suspicious! I became more so when they phoned up every few days to ask me to go and settle my bill as I went along. It seeemd obvious they were having cash flow problems and I sensed the writing was possibly on the wall for the company involved. I wasn't wrong. A short while after I left, the flying training side of AST Perth folded.